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Bombus

Common names: bumblebee queens, cuckoo bumble bees

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae

Roles: pollinator, study subject

ITIS TSN: 154397

Synonyms: Psithyrus spp.

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 281 | Mentions: 302

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Publications (281)

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A nectar-inhabiting bacterium may not influence female fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

2025Role: text_match

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Different aspects of dominance are not equivalent when testing for trade-offs in ant communities

2025Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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Dimensions of difference: Multi-scale consequences of trait variation in bumble bees

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Foraging preferences of generalist Megachilidae

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Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

2025EvolutionRole: text_match

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Improving plant DNA metabarcoding accuracy with ecological filters and Angiosperms353: Field and pollen microscopy validation

2025Applications in Plant SciencesRole: text_match

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Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

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Observing the effects of a nectar-inhabiting bacterium, Pantoea sp., and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Documents (2)

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa skyrocket), Penstemon debilis (Parachute beardtongue), and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque phacelia)

federal rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa Skyrocket) and Threatened Status for Penstemon debilis (Parachute Beardtongue) and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque Phacelia)

Co-occurring Species

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Quantifying ethanol in bumble bee honey and Colorado rocky mountain wildflowers

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Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

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Temperature influences pollinators' choice of floral partners independently of community composition

2025Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

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Testing the marginal value theorem on Bombus appositus and Bombus nevadensis

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The effect of changing floral density on pollinator networks in a subalpine meadow environment

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Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity

2025Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

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Wild foundress queen bumble bees make numerous, short foraging trips and exhibit frequent nest failure: Insights from trap-nesting and RFID tracking

2025Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

2024Effects of Climate Change on Insects: Physiological, Evolutionary, and Ecological ResponsesRole: text_match

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Does Floral Nectar Depth Correlate With Pollinator Proboscis Length?

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Effects of Temperature and Competitor Abundance on Bumble Bee Foraging

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Elucidating the influence of a nectar yeast and nectar robbing on bumblebee foraging tactic constancy

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Estimating Local Abundance of Bombus Queens in Meadows of Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

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Fit or Unlit: using quantum dots to investigate the effects of a floricolous yeast and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

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How do Bombus appositus and Bombus bifarius worker tongue lengths vary within a season?

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Impact of Decreased Flower Attractiveness on Pollinator Visitation Rates and Pollinator Community Composition

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Intraspecific body size variation across distributional moments reveals trait filtering processes

2024Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

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Nowhere to go but Up: Investigating Bumble Bee population Shifts over Elevational Gradients

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Phenological drivers and consequences for solitary bees

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student_paper

Plant-Pollinator Interactions between Erigeron speciosus and Heterotheca villosa in Virginia Basin

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Pollination Syndrome variance among foraging bumblebee species in Gothic Colorado

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The effects of elevation on flower abundance and pollinator visits on Helianthella quinquenervis

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The hole truth: why do bumble bees rob flowers more than once?

2024PlantsRole: text_match

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Antibody development to identify components of IIS and mTOR signaling pathways in lepidopteran species, a set of non-model insects

2023microPublication BiologyRole: text_match

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Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant-pollinator interaction rewiring

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student_paper

Characterization of thermal tolerance in sub-alpine bumblebee species

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Community context mediates effects of pollinator loss on seed production

2023EcosphereRole: text_match

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Do pollinator and plant diversity vary with microclimate heterogeneity?

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Effects of Microclimate Variation on Diversity of Plants and Pollinators

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Emergent social structure is typically not associated with survival in a facultatively social mammal

2023Biology LettersRole: text_match

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Hot and Cold: Assessing the Thermal Limitations of Bumble Bees in a Changing Climate

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In your stomach or in your nectar? Disentangling the effects of two pollination-related yeasts on bumblebee behavior and foraging

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Looking through leftovers: an analysis of bee bowl bycatch

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Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects

2023Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

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The causes and consequences of pollen defence

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Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits

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Climate change and phenology

2022WIREs Climate ChangeRole: text_match

student_paper

Comparison of Bee Bowls and Netting for Monitoring Native Bees

2022Role: text_match

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Determining changes in floral volatile composition of Ipomopsis aggregata in response to nectar robbing and its associated microorganisms

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Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation

2022Environmental Entomology Role: text_match

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Effects of Floral Abundance, Pollinator Interactions, and Floral Morphology on Stigmatic Pollen Deposition

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How understory bee communities compare to open meadows in the Rocky Mountains

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Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

2022Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

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Nest Distribution of Bombus spp. Across Different Habitat Types

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Perturbations in plant-pollinator networks: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches to understand responses to global change

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Removing flowers of a generalist plant changes pollinator visitation, composition, and interaction network structure

2022EcosphereRole: text_match

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Simultaneous niche expansion and contraction in plant–pollinator networks under drought

2022OikosRole: text_match

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Sweet and salty: Pollinators and sodium-enriched nectar

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The effects of environmental variation on daily abundance patterns and diet breadth of bumble bee species

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The shifting importance of abiotic and biotic factors across the life cycles of wild pollinators

2022Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

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Within Day Temporal Variation Within Plant-Pollinator Networks

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Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee Halictus rubicundus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

2021Journal of Chemical EcologyRole: text_match

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Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee Halictus rubicundus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

2021Journal of Chemical EcologyRole: text_match

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Comparing pollen distribution on pollinators to floral community composition in the East River Valley

2021Role: text_match

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Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

2021Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsRole: text_match

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Effects of Climate Variation and Nesting Traits on Sex Ratios of Adult Solitary Bees

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Effects of climate change on the elevational distribution of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: comparing data across 47 years

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Effects of nectar robbing on the volatile organic compounds and nectar chemistry of intraindividual flowers in Corydalis caseana ssp. brandegeei

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Experimental Test of the Combined Effects of Water Availability and Flowering Time on Pollinator Visitation and Seed Set

2021Frontiers of Ecology & EvolutionRole: text_match

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From the ground up: Building predictions for how climate change will affect belowground mutualisms, floral traits, and bee behavior

2021Climate Change EcologyRole: text_match

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How worthwhile are pollination networks?

2021Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

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Investigating the relationship between Bombus appositus abundance and its overlap with key floral resources

2021Role: text_match

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Nectar Variation in Simple and Compound Flowers; and its Effects on Plant Pollinator Interactions

2021Role: text_match

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Nectar addition changes pollinator behavior but not plant reproduction in pollen rewarding Lupinus argenteus

2021American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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Open-top warming chambers reduce animal pollination of two subalpine herbs

2021Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: pollinator

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Plant–pollinator interaction niche broadens in response to severe drought perturbations

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effect of Climate Change on Two Primitively Eusocial Bees

2021Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of early snowmelt on pollination: A study of four Rocky Mountain subalpine plant species

2021Role: text_match

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The effects of anthropogenic change on pollination in plant-pollinator communities

2021Role: text_match

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The sensory and cognitive ecology of nectar robbing

2021Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

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Trade-off mitigation: a conceptual framework for understanding floral adaptation in multispecies interactions

2021Biological ReviewsRole: text_match

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Understanding pollen specialization in mason bees: a case study of six species

2021OecologiaRole: text_match

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Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary impacts of a plant invader on the pollination of a native plant

2021Biological Invasions doi 10.1007/s10530-021-02457-zRole: text_match

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Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

2020Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

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Bee phenology is predicted by climatic variation and functional traits

2020Ecology LettersRole: text_match

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Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

2020Frontiers in Plant Science. doi 10.3389/fpls.2020.590347Role: text_match

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Bumble bees are constant to nectar-robbing behaviour despite low switching costs

2020Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

student_paper

Climate Change and Parasitism: An Investigation into Parasitic Bees' Climate Responses as Compared to their Hosts

2020Role: text_match

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Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy

2020Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

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Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

2020Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesRole: text_match

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Pollinator visitation rate and effectiveness vary with flowering phenology

2020American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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Temporal flexibility in the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks

2020OikosRole: text_match

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Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees

2020Biological Conservation doi 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108821Role: text_match

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Untangling the seasonal dynamics of plant-pollinator communities

2020Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17894-yRole: text_match

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What are the bees' needs? Analyzing the diet breadth for three Rocky Mountain Bumble Bees

2020Role: text_match

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Adaptation and diversification of bluebells Mertensia spp., Boranginaceae

2019Role: text_match

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Climate change, phenological shifts, and species interactions: Case studies in subalpine plant and migratory fish populations

2019Role: text_match

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Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

2019Role: text_match

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Foraging efficiency and size matching in a plant-pollinator communitiy: the importance of sugar content and tongue length

2019Ecology lettersRole: text_match

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How vulnerable are pollen-specialist solitary bees to temperature-mediated shifts in the timing of food availability?

2019Role: text_match

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Invasive plants and water availablity mediate outcomes of plant-pollinator interactions

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Low to Mid Elevational Resurvey of Bumble bee Distributions in Response to Climate Change

2019Role: text_match

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Observing pollinator trait variation in relation to niche breadth in seasons of high and low precipitation

2019Role: text_match

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Parasitism modifies the direct effects of warming on a hemiparasite and its host

2019PLOS ONERole: text_match

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Phenology as a process rather than an event: from individual reaction norms to community metrics

2019Ecological Monographs doi 10.1002/ecm.1352Role: text_match

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Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

2019American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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Pollinator mediated reproductive consequences of altered co-flowering under climate change depend on abiotic context

2019Role: text_match

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Stoichiometry and infectious disease: Linking chemical elements and parasitic interactions

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of nutrient availability on floral display and pollinator interactions

2019Role: text_match

article

The function of floral orientation in bluebells: interactions with pollinators and rain in two species of Mertensia (Boraginaceae)

2019Journal of Plant EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Across Caste Variation of Proboscis Length and Within Caste Phenotype Matching of Subalpine Bumble Bees (Bombus spp.)

2018Role: text_match

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Characterizing nectar content in wet and dry subalpine meadows during an extreme summer drought

2018Role: text_match

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Clines in traits compared over two decades in a plant hybrid zone

2018Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

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Comparing Plant-Pollinator Network Structure between Drought and Non-Drought Years

2018Role: text_match

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Consistent shifts in pollinator-relevant floral coloration along a Rocky Mountain elevation gradient

2018Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

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Costs and benefits of alternative food handling tactics help explain facultative exploitation of pollination mutualisms

2018Ecological Society of AmericaRole: text_match

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Effects of Climate Change on Plants, Pollinators and Their Interactions

2018Role: text_match

student_paper

Evaluating Critical Thermal Tolerances of Solitary Bees

2018Role: text_match

thesis

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

2018Role: text_match

article

Nesting aggregation as a predictor of brood parasitism in mason bees (Osmia spp.)

2018Ecological EntemologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Climate-Driven Changes in Co-flowering between Linum lewisii and Potentilla pulcherrima on Pollinator Services

2018Role: text_match

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The effect of surrounding bloom color on pan trap success in sampling Rocky Mountain bees

2018Role: text_match

article

Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?

2018OikosRole: text_match

other

40 years of progress in pollination biology, and what it means for citizen scientists

2017Aquilegia: Newsletter of the Colorado Native Plant SocietyRole: text_match

student_paper

Consequences of Nectar Robbing in Colorado Wildflowers: Insect Variation and Nectar Sugar Concentration

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Do the differing pollen foraging strategies of Megachile sp. and Bombus spp. result in differing pollen removal and deposition rates in Lupinus bakeri?

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Does bumble bee (Bombus spp.) diet breadth vary with differences in floral resource abundance?

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Climate Changes on Ecologically Important Bees and Flowers

2017Role: text_match

article

Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

2017International Journal of Plant SciencesRole: text_match

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Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

2017Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

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Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

2017OikosRole: text_match

article

Interactions between bee foraging and floral resource phenology shape bee populations and communities

2017Current Opinion in Insect ScienceRole: text_match

article

Interannual bumble bee abundance is driven by indirect climate effects on floral resource phenology

2017Ecology LettersRole: text_match

article

Metabolism of toxic sugars by the bee gut symbiont Gilliamella apicola

2017mBioRole: text_match

student_paper

Neighborhood Influence on Plant Interactions with Seed-Eating Flies and Pollinating Bees

2017Role: text_match

thesis

Plant-Pollinator Interactions and Environmental Change: Effects of Experimental Changes in Phenology and Water Availability on a Montane Wildflower

2017Role: text_match

other

Pollinator traits and competitive context shape dynamic foraging behavior in bee communities

2017bioRxivRole: text_match

student_paper

Selection for early reproduction in the solitary bee Hoplitis fulgida

2017Role: text_match

article

Shifts in water availability mediate plantâ€“pollinator interactions

2017New PhytologistRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Early Snow-melt on the Pollination and Seed Production of Delphinium nuttallianum

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Variability in the effectiveness of Penstemon strictus pollinators and the role that water availability plays

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Assessing pollinatorsâ€™ contribution to the reproductive success of Mertensia ciliata

2016Role: text_match

article

Asteraceae pollen provisions protect Osmia mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism

2016American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

Competitive context drives pollinator behavior: linking foraging plasticity, natural pollen deposition, and plant reproduction.

2016Role: text_match

article

Delving deeper: Questioning the decline of long-tongued bumble bees, long-tubed flowers and their mutualisms with climate change

2016Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Do bees show response diversity to environmental variables in a montane ecosystem?

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Insect Damage to Helianthella quinquenervis (Asteraceae) Inflorescences on Pollinator Visitation

2016Role: text_match

article

Effects of climate change on phenologies and distributions of bumble bees and the plants they visit

2016EcosphereRole: text_match

article

Heterospecific pollen deposition in Delphinium barbeyi: linking stigmatic pollen loads to reproductive output in the field

2016Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Impacts of early snow removal and frost on the reproductive success of Delphinium nuttallianum

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Mutualistic Networks Over Time: The Effects of Changing Floral Abundances on Plant- Pollinator Interactions

2016Role: text_match

thesis

Nesting aggregation as a determinant of brood parasitism in mason bees (Osmia spp.)

2016Role: text_match

article

Phenological change in a spring ephemeral: implications for pollination and plant fitness

2016Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Pollen thieving and pollen limitation in gynodioecious Polemonium foliosissimum (Polemoniaceae)

2016Role: text_match

article

Strain diversity and host specificity in a specialized gut symbiont of honeybees and bumblebees

2016Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

The Changing Floral Color Landscape Across an Alpine Elevation Gradient

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Use of Low Quality Pollen by Asteraceae-Specialist Osmia Mason Bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

2016Role: text_match

article

An altitudinal cline in UV floral pattern corresponds with a behavioral change of a generalist pollinator assemblage

2015EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Does Bumble Bee Diet Breadth vary with the Floral Abundance in a Meadow?

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Does snowmelt timing affect bumble bee colony abundance?

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Bombus Pollinator Removal on Fly Foraging Behavior.

2015Role: text_match

article

Effects of increased flight on the energetics and life history of the butterfly Speyeria mormonia

2015PLoS OneRole: text_match

student_paper

Exploring the behavioral rules influencing sociality in a facultatively social species, yellow-bellied marmots

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Fungal Phytopathogens Decrease Plant-Insect Interactions.

2015Role: text_match

article

Genes Suggest Ancestral Colour Polymorphisms Are Shared across Morphologically Cryptic Species in Arctic Bumblebees

2015PLoS OneRole: text_match

article

The effect of repeated, lethal sampling on wild bee abundance and diversity

2015Methods in Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

The effects of primary and secondary nectar robbing of Ipomopsis aggregata on hummingbird visitation.

2015Role: text_match

thesis

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Why doesn't nectar robbing decrease seed set in some bee-pollinated plants?

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Bombus removals on Diptera Foraging Behaviors.

2014Role: text_match

article

Nectar Yeasts in the Tall Larkspur Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae) and Effects on Components of Pollinator Foraging Behavior

2014PloS oneRole: text_match

thesis

Roles of pollinators, seed predators, and vertebrate herbivores in maintaining females in the gynodioecious Polemonium foliosissimum.

2014Role: text_match

article

Selection of trait combinations through bee and fly visitation to flowers of Polemonium foliosissimum

2014Journal of Evolutionary BiologyRole: text_match

article

Stimulation of flower nectar replenishment by removal: a survey of eleven animal-pollinated plant species

2014Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The Impact of Primary and Secondary Robbing on Hummingbird Pollination.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Comparing Bombus pollinator efficacies in Delphinium barbeyi (Ranunculaceae) reproductive success

2013Role: text_match

article

Dose-dependent effects of nectar alkaloids in a montane plant-pollinator community

2013Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Exploring within season temporal variation in plant-pollinator interactions in sub-alpine meadows using weekly pollination interaction networks

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Nectar dwelling yeasts and their effects on pollinator preference

2013Role: text_match

article

Norditerpene alkaloid concentrations in tissues and floral rewards of larkspurs and impacts on pollinators

2013Biochemical Systematics and EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Spatial variation in bee abundance and diversity across southern Rocky Mountain habitats

2013Role: study subject

student_paper

The effect of wing wear on the flight metabolic rate of the mormon fritillary butterfly (Speyeria mormonia)

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of road dust on pollination and reproduction of the native wildflower species, Delphinium nuttallianum

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

The influence of aboveground and belowground resources on the persistence of females for a gynodioecious plant

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Assessing the impacts of long-term pan trapping on native bee populations in sub-alpine ecosystems

2012Role: text_match

article

Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

2012EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Investigating the impact of pollinator- and seed predator-mediated selection on floral traits in an Ipomopsis aggregata and I. tenuituba (Polemoniaceae) hybrid zone

2012Role: text_match

thesis

Plant responses to the joint effects of herbivores and pollinators

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

Single-visit pollination efficacy of psithyrus insularism and megachile on chamerion augustifolium

2012Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of floral traits on the behaviors of pollinators and pre-dispersal seed predators in a gynodioecious species, Polemonium foliosissimum.

2012Role: text_match

article

When resources don't rescue: flowering phenology and species interactions affect compensation to herbivory in Ipomopsis aggregata

2012OikosRole: text_match

article

Activity and abundance of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: diel, seasonal, and elevation effects

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Additive effects of herbivory, nectar robbing and seed predation on male and female fitness components of the host plant Ipomopsis aggregata

2011OecologiaRole: text_match

article

An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

2011Ecological MonographsRole: text_match

article

Butterflies show flower colour preferences but not constancy in foraging at four plant species

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Diptera behavioral response to targeted Bombus removal

2011Role: text_match

article

Emergence of a mid-season period of low floral resources in a montane meadow ecosystem associated with climate change

2011Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

The effects of climate change on plant traits and fruiting phenology of Delphinium nuttallianum.

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of phenology on Delphinium nuttallianum

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

A study of correlational selection through floral manipulations of Polemonium foliosissimum (Polemoniaceae)

2010Role: text_match

article

Changes in snowmelt date and summer precipitation affect the flowering phenology of Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily; Liliaceae)

2010American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

2010Amer J of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of multi-species interactions in gynodioecious populations of Polemonium foliosissimum

2010Role: text_match

article

Flowering phenology in subalpine meadows: does climate variation influence community co-flowering patterns?

2010EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

article

Pollination potential of male bumble bees (Bombus impatiens): movement patterns and pollen-transfer efficiency

2010Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The effect of elevation on the phenology and pollination ecology of Frasera speciosa (Gentianaceae)

2010Role: text_match

student_paper

Bumblebee foraging on vertical inflorescences: optimal or not?

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Does stigma-anther separation prevent sexual interference in dwarf bluebells (Mertensia fusiformis)?

2009Role: text_match

article

Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Effects of flowering plant density on pollinator visitation, pollen receipt, and seed production in Delphinium barbeyi

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of nectar robbing on pollen deposition and hummingbird-pollinator behavior in Ipomopsis aggregata

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

2009Role: text_match

article

Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

2009Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Protection at a price? Ant interactions with pollinators on aspen sunflower (Helianthella quinquenervis)

2009Role: text_match

article

Realized tolerance to nectar robbing: compensation to floral enemies in Ipomopsis aggregata

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

2009Role: text_match

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Variation in the impact of climate change on flowering phenology and abundance: an examination of two pairs of closely related wildflower species

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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Variation in the structure and dynamics of bee assemblages across distinct montane meadows

2009Role: text_match

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Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions

2008Role: text_match

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Climate Change is Causing A Decline in Bombus occidentalis by Reducing its Floral Resources

2008Role: text_match

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Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers

2008Role: text_match

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Evaluation of the field impact of an adventitious herbivore on an invasive plant, yellow toadflax, in CO, USA

2008Plant EcologyRole: text_match

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Interactions between nectar robbers and seed predators mediated by a shared host plant, Ipomopsis aggregata

2008OecologiaRole: text_match

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Mechanisms of tolerance to floral larceny in two animal-pollinated wildflowers, Polemonium viscosum and Ipomopsis aggregata

2008EcologyRole: text_match

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Pollen limitation and cleistogamy in subalpine Viola praemorsa

2008BotanyRole: text_match

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Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

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Rocky Mountain Bombus pathogen survey: Are invasive plants affecting pathogen prevalence and intensity?

2008Role: text_match

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Changing distributions, changing climate: Using Bombus as an indicator of global warming near Crested Butte, Colorado

2007Role: study subject

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Pollination subsidies between wetland and dry meadow habitats

2007Role: text_match

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Predicting the effects of nectar robbing on plant reproduction: implications of pollen limitation and plant mating system

2007American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

The effect of sampling effort on species richness estimates of flower visitors

2007Role: text_match

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Are native bees picky enough? The effect of an invasive plant, Linaria vulgaris, on the foraging of native bee pollinators

2006Role: text_match

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Floral larceny: Implications, resistance, and the potential for tolerance

2006Role: text_match

student_paper

Nectar robbing patterns in Ipomopsis aggregata and Linaria vulgaris

2006Role: text_match

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Effects of nectar robbing on nectar dynamics and bumblebee foraging strategies in Linaria vulgaris

2005OikosRole: text_match

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Interactions among nectar robbing, floral herbivory, and ant protection in Linaria vulgaris

2005OikosRole: text_match

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Nectar robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata: does high nectar production confer tolerance?

2005Role: text_match

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Temporal and spatial variation in pollination of a montane herb: a seven-year study

2005EcologyRole: text_match

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The Timing of Floral Color Change in Lupinus argenteus

2005Role: text_match

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The effects of Castilleja miniata's parasitic relationship with Delphinium nuttallianum on pollinator visitation and pollination success

2005Role: text_match

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Temperature regulation in burying beetles (Nicrophorus spp.: Coleoptera: Silphidae): effects of body size, morphology and environmental temperature

2004The Journal of Experimental BiologyRole: text_match

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The dual role of floral traits: pollinator attraction and plant defense

2004EcologyRole: text_match

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The ecology of pollination and nectar robbing in Linaria vulgaris in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2004TSpaceRole: text_match

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The structure of plant-pollinator interactions in montane meadow environments

2004Role: text_match

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Impact of nectar robbing on estimates of pollen flow: conceptual predictions and emperical outcomes

2003EcologyRole: text_match

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Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt

2003American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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Pollen transfer by hummingbirds and bumblebees, and divergence of pollination modes in Penstemon

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

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Rescue of stranded pollen grains by secondary transfer

2003Plant Species BiologyRole: text_match

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Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American NaturalistRole: text_match

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The effects of ungulate herbivory and nutrient variation on pollen reciept in Ipomopsis aggregata

2002Role: text_match

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Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species

2002OecologiaRole: text_match

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Volatile production by the buds and corollas of two sympatric, confamial plants, Ipomopsis aggregata and Polemonium foliosissimum

2002Journal of Chemical EcologyRole: text_match

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Pollinator-mediated selection on a flower color polymorphism in experimental populations of Antirrhinum (Scrophulariaceae)

2001American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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The effects of a bumble bee nectar robber on plant reproductive success and pollinator behavior

2001American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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The impact of floral larceny on individuals, populations, and communities

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

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Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?

2000EcologyRole: text_match

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Consequences of nectar robbing for realized male function in a hummingbird-pollinated plant

2000EcologyRole: text_match

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Reproductive biology of a North American subalpine plant: Corydalis caseana A. Gray ssp. brandegei (S. Watson) G. B. Ownbey

2000Plant Species BiologyRole: text_match

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Bumblebee foraging responses to variation in floral scent and color in snapdragons (Antirrhinum: Scrophulariaceae)

1999American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

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A trade-off between the frequency and duration of bumblebee visits to flowers

1998OecologiaRole: text_match

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Nectar Robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata: Effects on Pollinator Behavior and Plant Fitness

1998OecologiaRole: text_match

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Analysis of pollinator foraging: tests for non-random behavior

1997Functional EcologyRole: text_match

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Specialization and foraging ergonomics in a subalpine bumblebee Bombus appositus (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

1997Role: text_match

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Solitary behavior in a high-altitude population of the social sweat bee Halictus rubicundus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

1996Behav Ecol SociobiolRole: text_match

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Trapline foraging by bumblebees: I. Persistence of flight-path geometry

1996Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

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Hypothesis concerning the causes of the disappearance of boreal toads from the mountains of Colorado

1993Conservation BiologyRole: text_match

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Effects of snowpack on the timing and abundance of flowering in Delphinium nelsonii: implications for climate change

1991American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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Heterogeneity among floral visitors leads to discordance between removal and deposition of pollen

1991EcologyRole: text_match

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Spatial genetic heterogeneity in a population of the montane perennial plant Delphinium nelsonii

1987HeredityRole: text_match

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Pollen transport and deposition by bumble bees in Erythronium: influences of floral nectar and bee grooming

1986Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

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Bumblebee foraging at a "hummingbird" flower: reward economics and floral choice

1985American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

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Floral morphology and cross-pollination in Erythronium grandiflorum (Liliaceae)

1985American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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The effect of plant density on departure decisions: testing the marginal value theorem using bumblebees and Delphinium nelsonii

1984OikosRole: text_match

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The pollination ecology of Aquilegia micrantha (Ranunculaceae) in Colorado

1983Southwestern NaturalistRole: text_match

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Optimal foraging in bumblebees: hunting by expectation

1981Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

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Optimal foraging in bumblebees: why is nectar left behind in flowers?

1981Behavioral EcologyRole: text_match

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Foraging behavior in Bombus spp

1980Role: text_match

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Foraging behavior of bumblebees (Bombus spp.)

1980Role: text_match

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Resource utilization in bumblebees: a study of Bombus oppositus and Bombus flavifrons

1980Role: text_match

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Resource partitioning in bumblebees: experimental studies of foraging behavior

1978EcologyRole: text_match

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The pollination ecology of Aquilegia elegantula and A. caerulea (Ranunculaceae) in Colorado

1978American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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Publications (281)

A nectar-inhabiting bacterium may not influence female fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Different aspects of dominance are not equivalent when testing for trade-offs in ant communities

Dimensions of difference: Multi-scale consequences of trait variation in bumble bees

Foraging preferences of generalist Megachilidae

Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

Improving plant DNA metabarcoding accuracy with ecological filters and Angiosperms353: Field and pollen microscopy validation

Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

Observing the effects of a nectar-inhabiting bacterium, Pantoea sp., and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa skyrocket), Penstemon debilis (Parachute beardtongue), and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque phacelia)

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa Skyrocket) and Threatened Status for Penstemon debilis (Parachute Beardtongue) and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque Phacelia)

Co-occurring Species

Bumble Bees

Two-form Bumble Bee

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

Golden-belted Bumble Bee

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus vagans

Bombus sylvicola

Bombus appositus

Bombus occidentalis

Quantifying ethanol in bumble bee honey and Colorado rocky mountain wildflowers

Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

Temperature influences pollinators' choice of floral partners independently of community composition

Testing the marginal value theorem on Bombus appositus and Bombus nevadensis

The effect of changing floral density on pollinator networks in a subalpine meadow environment

Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity

Wild foundress queen bumble bees make numerous, short foraging trips and exhibit frequent nest failure: Insights from trap-nesting and RFID tracking

Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

Does Floral Nectar Depth Correlate With Pollinator Proboscis Length?

Effects of Temperature and Competitor Abundance on Bumble Bee Foraging

Elucidating the influence of a nectar yeast and nectar robbing on bumblebee foraging tactic constancy

Estimating Local Abundance of Bombus Queens in Meadows of Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

Fit or Unlit: using quantum dots to investigate the effects of a floricolous yeast and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

How do Bombus appositus and Bombus bifarius worker tongue lengths vary within a season?

Impact of Decreased Flower Attractiveness on Pollinator Visitation Rates and Pollinator Community Composition

Intraspecific body size variation across distributional moments reveals trait filtering processes

Nowhere to go but Up: Investigating Bumble Bee population Shifts over Elevational Gradients

Phenological drivers and consequences for solitary bees

Plant-Pollinator Interactions between Erigeron speciosus and Heterotheca villosa in Virginia Basin

Pollination Syndrome variance among foraging bumblebee species in Gothic Colorado

The effects of elevation on flower abundance and pollinator visits on Helianthella quinquenervis

The hole truth: why do bumble bees rob flowers more than once?

Antibody development to identify components of IIS and mTOR signaling pathways in lepidopteran species, a set of non-model insects

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant-pollinator interaction rewiring

Characterization of thermal tolerance in sub-alpine bumblebee species

Community context mediates effects of pollinator loss on seed production

Do pollinator and plant diversity vary with microclimate heterogeneity?

Effects of Microclimate Variation on Diversity of Plants and Pollinators

Emergent social structure is typically not associated with survival in a facultatively social mammal

Hot and Cold: Assessing the Thermal Limitations of Bumble Bees in a Changing Climate

In your stomach or in your nectar? Disentangling the effects of two pollination-related yeasts on bumblebee behavior and foraging

Looking through leftovers: an analysis of bee bowl bycatch

Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits

Climate change and phenology

Comparison of Bee Bowls and Netting for Monitoring Native Bees

Determining changes in floral volatile composition of <i> Ipomopsis aggregata </i> in response to nectar robbing and its associated microorganisms

Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation

Effects of Floral Abundance, Pollinator Interactions, and Floral Morphology on Stigmatic Pollen Deposition

How understory bee communities compare to open meadows in the Rocky Mountains

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

Nest Distribution of <i> Bombus </i> spp. Across Different Habitat Types

Perturbations in plant-pollinator networks: Integrating theoretical and empirical approaches to understand responses to global change

Removing flowers of a generalist plant changes pollinator visitation, composition, and interaction network structure

Simultaneous niche expansion and contraction in plant–pollinator networks under drought

Sweet and salty: Pollinators and sodium-enriched nectar

The effects of environmental variation on daily abundance patterns and diet breadth of bumble bee species

The shifting importance of abiotic and biotic factors across the life cycles of wild pollinators

Within Day Temporal Variation Within Plant-Pollinator Networks

Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee <i> Halictus rubicundus </i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee <i> Halictus rubicundus </i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Comparing pollen distribution on pollinators to floral community composition in the East River Valley

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

Effects of Climate Variation and Nesting Traits on Sex Ratios of Adult Solitary Bees